British Empire Games 1950 / Boxing

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The 4th men's boxing competition at the 1950 British Empire Games was held from February 4th to February 11th in Auckland , New Zealand . A total of 23 medals were awarded in eight weight classes.

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
Fly weight (- 50.8 kg) ScotlandScotland Hugh Riley
Scotland
CeylonSri Lanka K. Edwin
Sri Lanka
South Africa 1928South African Union Marcus Temple
South Africa
Bantam weight (- 53.5 kg) South Africa 1928South African Union Jan van Rensburg
South Africa
CeylonSri Lanka Albert Perera
Sri Lanka
Canada 1921CanadaLen Walters
Canada
Feather weight (- 57.2 kg) ScotlandScotlandHenry Gilliland
Scotland
RhodesiaRhodesia Andy Verceuil
Rhodesia
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Brander
England
Lightweight (- 61.2 kg) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ronny Latham
England
AustraliaAustralia Billy Barber
Australia
Canada 1921Canada Eddie Haddad
Canada
Welter weight (- 66.7 kg) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Terry Ratcliffe
England
AustraliaAustralia Bill Seewitz
Australia
CeylonSri Lanka Alex Obeyesekera
Sri Lanka
Middle weight (- 72.6 kg) South Africa 1928South African Union Theunis van Schalkwyk
South Africa
New ZealandNew Zealand James Beal
New Zealand
Canada 1921Canada Bill Pinkus
Canada
Light heavyweight (- 79.4 kg) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Don Scott
England
New ZealandNew Zealand Chris Rollinson
New Zealand
AustraliaAustraliaJack Taylor
Australia
Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg) New ZealandNew Zealand Frank Creagh
New Zealand
AustraliaAustralia Sid Cousins
Australia

Medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 EnglandEngland England 3 0 1 4th
2 South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 2 0 1 3
3 ScotlandScotland Scotland 2 0 0 2
4th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1 2 0 3
5 AustraliaAustralia Australia 0 3 1 4th
6th CeylonSri Lanka Ceylon 0 2 1 3
7th RhodesiaRhodesia Southern Rhodesia 0 1 0 1
8th Canada 1921Canada Canada 0 0 3 3
Total 8th 8th 7th 23

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